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Wednesday, December 18, 2013

The cat is out of the bag! We
were delighted to get a copy of the book, Catch the Cat!written by Tharini Viswanath and published recently by Tulika. The
story is about a naughty girl Dip Dip, who goes off to look for her
friend's cat, Kaapi. Delightful illustrations by Nancy Raj showcase
the wheel-chair using Dip Dip's lively and exuberant characteristics.

We are especially happy because the
first version of the story was first published online by Pratham
Books as an entry in the Retell, Remix, Rejoice with Chuskit 2010 Contest,held to celebrate World Storytelling Day, and is a validation of our Creative Commons
philosophy. This is a contest where illustrations from the book were
uploaded, and contestants were asked to mix the illustrations and
write a new story based on the pictures.Chuskit Goes to Schoolwas written by Sujatha Padmanabhan, illustrated by Madhuvanti
Anantharajan and designed by Manisha Gutman. The story, translated by Pratham Books and available as free downloads in nine languages, is about a
wheel-chair bound girl Chuskit, who finds it difficult to go to
school because the Ladakhi terrain is so hilly. They wanted the story
to be copyright-free, and hence they parked the story in the
public domain.

To kick off the Retell, Remix, Rejoice contest
our editor wrote a story called Minny Wants a Ride,
which featured a cat called Minny, that wanted a ride on a
wheel-chair. Tharini did a very good remix by writing a totally
new story about a cat and a girl, called Dip Dip to the Rescue.
All the remixed stories had a Creative Commons license. A Creative
Commons license means that anyone could publish it anywhere. Tharini,
as the author of this story, was free to send it to Tulika Books, who
published it by giving it a fresh, new look. So a story in the public
domain, gave rise to another new story with a Creative Commons
license, which gave rise to yet another story, which got printed by a
publisher, and now that story is in the hands of many children!

It's great to see how Dip Dip has
joined Chuskit and Minny in talking about issues aboutdisability.

Now this is what we call a really
good twist to a story of a cat with many tales!

The cat is out of the bag! We
were delighted to get a copy of the book, Catch the Cat!written by Tharini Viswanath and published recently by Tulika. The
story is about a naughty girl Dip Dip, who goes off to look for her
friend's cat, Kaapi. Delightful illustrations by Nancy Raj showcase
the wheel-chair using Dip Dip's lively and exuberant characteristics.

We are especially happy because the
first version of the story was first published online by Pratham
Books as an entry in the Retell, Remix, Rejoice with Chuskit 2010 Contest,held to celebrate World Storytelling Day, and is a validation of our Creative Commons
philosophy. This is a contest where illustrations from the book were
uploaded, and contestants were asked to mix the illustrations and
write a new story based on the pictures.Chuskit Goes to Schoolwas written by Sujatha Padmanabhan, illustrated by Madhuvanti
Anantharajan and designed by Manisha Gutman. The story, translated by Pratham Books and available as free downloads in nine languages, is about a
wheel-chair bound girl Chuskit, who finds it difficult to go to
school because the Ladakhi terrain is so hilly. They wanted the story
to be copyright-free, and hence they parked the story in the
public domain.

To kick off the Retell, Remix, Rejoice contest
our editor wrote a story called Minny Wants a Ride,
which featured a cat called Minny, that wanted a ride on a
wheel-chair. Tharini did a very good remix by writing a totally
new story about a cat and a girl, called Dip Dip to the Rescue.
All the remixed stories had a Creative Commons license. A Creative
Commons license means that anyone could publish it anywhere. Tharini,
as the author of this story, was free to send it to Tulika Books, who
published it by giving it a fresh, new look. So a story in the public
domain, gave rise to another new story with a Creative Commons
license, which gave rise to yet another story, which got printed by a
publisher, and now that story is in the hands of many children!

It's great to see how Dip Dip has
joined Chuskit and Minny in talking about issues aboutdisability.

Now this is what we call a really
good twist to a story of a cat with many tales!

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